Child s tray



(No Model.)

T. GOUSINS.

CHILD'S TRAY. No. 356,572. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS COUSINS, NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

CHILD sv TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,572, dated January 25. 1837. Application filed July 22, 1886. Serial No. 208.728. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS COUSINS, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Childs Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to trays for childrens use, and has for its object to provide a tray wherein a plate will be retained in a fixed and protected position; also, whereinprovision is made to receive adrinking-vessel, and, in the event the contents of said vessel should be spilled, wherein the fluid will be conveyed from the said tray through aperture therein [5 I to an under or subsidiary tray.

It consists in the construction of the said upper tray, and in the combination with an under or subsidiary tray, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters 'of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my tray together with a subsidiary tray, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the line a: a:

g of Fig. 1.

bottom, a, in which A represents a tray for the use of children at the table, adapted to enter a subsidiary tray, B, of ordinary construction. The said tray A,

constructed of any suitable material, or of any desired shape, is provided with the usual 2. large circular opening, b, is cut at one side, nearer the outer than the inner edge thereof.

The bottom a of the tray A, in the immediate vicinity of the opening b, is struck up to form a convex or embossed surface, 0, around the same. The edge of the said opening, constituting a continuation of the convexed surface 0, is curved inward and downward.

The purpose of the opening I) in the bottom a is to expose the receiving-surface of a plate, D, placed upon the subsidiary tray B, the said plate being held firmly in position therein by means of the inwardly-curved edge of the opening b, bearing upon the same, while the embossed or convex surface 0, formed around the said opening in the bottom a, accommodates the flaring sides of the plate, and serves as an additional stay therefor.

Toward the upper right-hand corner of the tray A, and usually above the center of the large opening b therein, smaller opening, d, to be made in the bottom 'a, adapted to receive a glass, E, as shown, a cup or other drinking-vessel, and at intervals in the said tray-bottom a, around and about the said openings 1) and d, I cut therein small drain'apertures 0, adapted to convey to the subsidiary or under tray, B, any milk, water, or other fluid that may be spilled upon the surface of the tray A, and thereby prevent the soiling of the childrens clothes.

In the use of atray constructed as described, the plate being held between an upper or receiving tray and an under or-subsidiary one, a child, while having easy access to the contents of said plate, is unable to throw or let fall .the same from the table, and the cup or glass fitting in its opening in the upper tray is not so liable to be overturned by the child, and inthe eventits contents are spilled the drainage-holes provided therein quickly con and dry. t

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, theoperatiou of the invention will'be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A childs trayprovided with an opening having a convexed or embossed surrounding surface and a downwardly and inwardly incined-edge, and also provided with a smaller plain edge opening, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose herein set forth.

rnos. COUSINS.

Witnesses:

J. F. AOKER, J r., EDWD. M. CLARK.

I cause another and v duct the fluid tothe said under or subsidiary tray, leaving the upper or receiving tray clean 2. The combination, with a childs tray pro 

